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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...does a homing pigeon navigate, often over hundreds of miles of territory it has never seen before? Professor (of physics) Henry L. Yeagley of Pennsylvania State College thinks he has found the pigeony secret. Last week, on General Electric's Science Forum broadcast, he described the pigeon experiments he has been doing for the Army Signal Corps...
...Angeles, Mr. & Mrs. Albert J. Anderson were nearing the end of their treasure hunt (among other items they must collect: a Winston Churchill cigar butt, one hair from Jack Benny's toupee, another from John L. Lewis' eyebrow, a salt cellar from Senator Pepper, a shilling from Sir Harry Lauder, a copy of the Missouri Waltz, autographed by President Truman and Senator Taft, one of Herbert Hoover's collars). If they bring in everything to NBC's Truth or Consequences next week, the Andersons will collect a washing machine, a man's wardrobe, a diamond...
Meanwhile, another radioactivity case came to a tragic but clear-cut end. Dorothy L. Burns, 30, last fall sued Westinghouse for $200,000, claiming that she had contracted radiation sickness in a war-job at Westinghouse's Bloomfield, NJ. plant. Her illness, marked by fibrous degeneration of both lungs and a slow wasting away, puzzled doctors. Last week Miss Burns died. Reported Medical Examiner Harrison S. Martland (who in the '20s discovered radium sickness among a group of women painting luminous watch dials): Miss Burns did not die of radiation sickness. Her illness was beryllium poisoning, caused...
...became ill of soroche. The doctor, announcing her successful experiment last week, thought that methylene blue might also be a big help to high-altitude flyers. ¶Announced: two promising new treatments for cancer of the prostate, which kills some 22,000 Americans annually. Yale's Dr. Clyde L. Deming reported that massive doses of the female hormone estrogen (instead of the small doses previously used) help four cases out of five and often prolong life. At the University of Chicago, three researchers found that a drug called ethyl carbamate is also effective; it relieves pain, reduces the size...
...Arrogance. Union Theological Seminary's Roger L. Shinn cannot accept such shifting of man's responsibilities. He replies in the same issue...